Gun fired at school; no one injured

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Oct 8, 2012 at 1:03 PMOct 8, 2012 at 1:04 PM

STOCKTON – No one was injured this morning when a gun brought into a Van Buren Elementary seventh-grade classroom by an 11-year-old boy accidentally was fired into the floor by a 12-year-old male classmate, Stockton Unified Police Chief Jim West said.

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STOCKTON – No one was injured this morning when a gun brought into a Van Buren Elementary seventh-grade classroom by an 11-year-old boy accidentally was fired into the floor by a 12-year-old male classmate, Stockton Unified Police Chief Jim West said.

Both boys, whose names were not released because of their ages, were arrested and booked into Juvenile Hall, West said. Bringing a weapon onto a school campus and discharging a firearm at a school both are felonies.

Five Stockton Unified officers, including West, rushed to the south Stockton campus after receiving a report of the shooting from the school. The classroom teacher, who declined to be interviewed, was able to quickly take the gun from the boy who shot it, Principal Ione Ringen said.

Van Buren was locked down for about two hours following the 9 a.m. shooting, West said. Officers were questioning the students and the teacher who witnessed the incident. Van Buren, at 1628 East 10th Street, has scheduled a community meeting for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss today’s incident.

Read Tuesday’s Record for more on this story by staff writer Roger Phillips.

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